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Forum: The Dung Heap 04/23/10, 3:26 PM
Replies: 30,129
Views: 1,906,867
Posted By Cardano
It's probably worth going ahead and linking to...

It's probably worth going ahead and linking to the relevant guides directly:
ReadMeFirst: 3.2 Frequently *Answered* Questions - Tankadin basics...
Forum: Paladins 04/19/10, 2:20 PM
Replies: 748
Views: 1,259,909
Posted By Cardano
Be advised that the room is larger than Bacon...

Be advised that the room is larger than Bacon range, so it is technically possible for a Kelseleth Tank Bacon to fail and cause your entire raid to wipe. Had this happen to me and couldnt figure out...
Forum: The Dung Heap 04/14/10, 11:43 AM
Replies: 30,129
Views: 1,906,867
Posted By Cardano
Shouldnt 26 stacks yield a +260% or [ Heal * 3.6...

Shouldnt 26 stacks yield a +260% or [ Heal * 3.6 ] amount?
16400 * 3.6 * 1.35 * 1.2 * 1.1 * 1.05 = 110k
Forum: Paladins 04/14/10, 11:36 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,155,598
Posted By Cardano
Thecks TPS analysis is not his only words of...

Thecks TPS analysis is not his only words of wisdom for talent choices. He makes a strong case Vindication. 46 AP may seem like nothing, but it turns out to be a significant decrease in incoming...
Forum: Paladins 04/08/10, 5:15 PM
Replies: 748
Views: 1,259,909
Posted By Cardano
Hopefully you have learned that dps should not...

Hopefully you have learned that dps should not attack the horrors even in phase 1.5.
That should reduce the chance of gib. However, the problem could still rear it's head.
If you are the last...
Forum: Paladins 04/08/10, 10:36 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,155,598
Posted By Cardano
Crap might be taking it a bit far as the...

Crap might be taking it a bit far as the discussions of Sind H 25 that followed indicated.
Divinity has actually increased in usefulness directly as tank EH scaled faster than Holy Light heal...
Forum: Paladins 03/15/10, 11:49 AM
Replies: 748
Views: 1,259,909
Posted By Cardano
It is possible to cast your macro before...

It is possible to cast your macro before Dreamwalker becomes a valid target for your Bacon.
This generally results in you Bacon-ing yourself.
I had this problem a few times coming out of portal where...
Forum: Paladins 03/05/10, 1:38 PM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,155,598
Posted By Cardano
Swapping Glyphs

You are correct that Glyph SoV ( and it's HUGE expertise budget ) is optimal for threat and also great for survivability on any parry haste enabled boss. That said, having just taken up Dreamwalker...
Forum: Paladins 03/01/10, 11:44 AM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 694,714
Posted By Cardano
For FoL spam, there is no benefit to more haste...

For FoL spam, there is no benefit to more haste once you have FoL down to
1 GCD = 1 sec [cast time] = 676 haste [raid buffed].
At that point you have throughput capped yourself via Haste [using FoL...
Forum: Paladins 02/24/10, 12:32 PM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,155,598
Posted By Cardano
Starting from a Prot/Ret cookie cutter of 0/53/18...

Starting from a Prot/Ret cookie cutter of 0/53/18 (http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#sZV0tAbuMusIufdxfMzbc). Trying to free up 5 points for divinity would result in dropping 3/3 Crusade...
Forum: Paladins 01/18/10, 11:40 AM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 694,714
Posted By Cardano
Technically, Miss is still on the hit table...

Technically, Miss is still on the hit table regardless of whether you are casting or not.
but your point is otherwise well made.
Casting anything with a non-zero cast time while tanking a boss is...
Forum: The Dung Heap 01/18/10, 11:29 AM
Replies: 30,129
Views: 1,906,867
Posted By Cardano
Perhaps a better way to explain the gearing ideal...

Perhaps a better way to explain the gearing ideal would be this:
1: DEF until Crit is removed from the Hit table : Always goal #1 for any tank set
2: Avoidance AND/OR block until HIT is removed from...
Forum: Paladins 12/15/09, 11:35 AM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 809,097
Posted By Cardano
FoL HoT Ticks World of Logs : Cho'gal - US : ICC...

FoL HoT Ticks
World of Logs : Cho'gal - US : ICC 25 from 12-13-2009-21:20 : Query log file :
<Mad Pandas> (http://worldoflogs.com/reports/rt-sol69xgmscyi9e78/log/)
Show events where event type is one...
Forum: Paladins 12/09/09, 5:33 PM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 694,714
Posted By Cardano
WOW No One? Ever? Even on Progression like last...

WOW
No One?
Ever?
Even on Progression like last night?
I want to join your guild.

20% raidwall with optional bubble/sac for eating tank damage at the same time is a very definitely viable option for...
Forum: Paladins 12/08/09, 2:58 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 809,097
Posted By Cardano
Prot really doesnt have anything better to put...

Prot really doesnt have anything better to put those points in.
We need to dump three points into T1-5 somewhere.
Those are about the most useful talent point expenditures around.
assuming the...
Forum: Paladins 12/07/09, 4:39 PM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 694,714
Posted By Cardano
Power of the Twins only happens when the other...

Power of the Twins only happens when the other boss is casting the big heal, so you are OK to blow your shieldwall cd if you need to as it should only happen 1 in 4 times. This could leave you open...
Forum: Paladins 12/04/09, 3:33 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 809,097
Posted By Cardano
If your HL spam is being sniped by fast heals and...

If your HL spam is being sniped by fast heals and HoT ticks enough to keep the 2 tanks up, then you have an extra healer in the raid.

It will be all but impossible for the designers to make a...
Forum: Paladins 12/04/09, 3:31 PM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,155,598
Posted By Cardano
If you go OOM while seriously overgearing...

If you go OOM while seriously overgearing content, think T9.25 for a daily Heroic, then you pull more mobs.
Better Gear means Avoidance goes through the roof and your Sanctuary brings you full blue...
Forum: Paladins 12/04/09, 11:47 AM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 694,714
Posted By Cardano
It's actually a great deal more clear than...

It's actually a great deal more clear than that.
Theckd's seriously deep math thoughts give us clear equations to tell us which to wear for any given boss.
If it's a 100% melee boss AND a clicky can...
Forum: Paladins 12/04/09, 11:27 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,155,598
Posted By Cardano
Best reference for Tankadins with mana...

Best reference for Tankadins with mana issues:
Knaughty's advanced tanking FAQ
How to not go OOM
(http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/forum/index.php?f=6&t=21933&rb_v=viewtopic)
TLDR: Tank more...
Forum: Paladins 11/25/09, 4:55 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 809,097
Posted By Cardano
Holy lack of crit batman! these numbers both need...

Holy lack of crit batman!
these numbers both need to be increased by the crit chance averaged.
But the point is moot since what you are trying to model is not useful to determine if the healing will...
Forum: Paladins 11/25/09, 11:37 AM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 694,714
Posted By Cardano
SoV Ticks based off Weapon DMG

my understanding is that SoV 5stack hits for 38% weapon dmg with SoTP - not normallized weapon dps.
I have to assume that's what the OP was referring to.
Forum: Paladins 11/25/09, 11:28 AM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 694,714
Posted By Cardano
Normalization

Most attacks for other classes take the averaged dps of a weapon and use that for their multiplier - effectively normalizing the damage done by the attack to be based solely on the average DPS of the...
Forum: Paladins 11/25/09, 11:21 AM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,155,598
Posted By Cardano
Only the Parse will tell

Since he probably should be tanking the adds ( it's what tankadins are best at for that fight ) lets see about getting him up to that task.

He is Gemmed, speced, and glyphed fine

He has Pursuit of...
Forum: Paladins 10/30/09, 5:54 PM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,155,598
Posted By Cardano
fuzzy maths or imprecise wording

While essentially true, this is very imprecise from a numbers standpoint.
Taking all your proc chances into account, you would also need to allow for redoubt , mongoose procs, dodge libram uptime,...
Forum: Paladins 10/23/09, 4:31 PM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 694,714
Posted By Cardano
Why spam HL?

If no one will die even under DP, then you would not be spamming HL.
You would be casting FoL with the same HPS throughput as HL under DP and could do it forever without any other spells being...
Forum: Paladins 10/21/09, 2:05 PM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 694,714
Posted By Cardano
HPS is almost meaningless

Unless you are healing the PTR version of patchwerk where damage in is both constant and always growing, there really isn't any point in trying to maximize the healing you do to a dummy in a...
Forum: Paladins 10/13/09, 4:04 PM
Replies: 1,873
Views: 4,155,598
Posted By Cardano
Hand of Reckoning pull

I actually use Hand of Reckoning (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=62124) on the pull ALOT. There aren't a huge number of situations where you are pulling boss AND need to be immediately concerned with...
Forum: Paladins 07/10/09, 7:02 PM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 694,714
Posted By Cardano
HPS vs effective healing

I think it is worth noting at this point that HPS noted in Recount (or other WWS type parses of combat logs) are very easy to overstate the importance of. So from the standpoint of reviewing combat...
Forum: Paladins 06/29/09, 3:51 PM
Replies: 571
Views: 336,830
Posted By Cardano
AD in 3.2

I can only imagine fine tuning my total HP on a per boss basis if there wasn't so much variability in what that incoming damage will be. Going in block capped would let you predictlably rely on a...
Forum: Paladins 03/04/09, 3:24 PM
Replies: 2,219
Views: 694,714
Posted By Cardano
Holy Pally Meta Activation

My (http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Nordrassil&n=Splattage) intention now that I finally have Argent Exalted and got my Helm of Purified Thoughts (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44296)...
Forum: Paladins 01/30/09, 4:18 PM
Replies: 2,260
Views: 1,849,055
Posted By Cardano
Can we set an upper limit on INT?

Possibly a dumb question, but it seems like we are getting to a point where we wont need more int regardless of how hard the content gets.
Our Max HPS rotation would have an upper limit of Mp5 which...
Forum: Mages 10/03/08, 12:13 PM
Replies: 5,355
Views: 3,116,708
Posted By Cardano
Stacked Cooldowns ftw

The error introduced in modeling procs as a flat buff is one of under-reporting benefits under stacked cooldowns if you can synchronize them to full effect.
The error introduced by modeling...
Forum: Mages 09/25/08, 7:03 PM
Replies: 5,355
Views: 3,116,708
Posted By Cardano
Can anyone tell me what spec is going to look...

Can anyone tell me what spec is going to look best for raiding in the current state of wotlk?

Unless I am mistaken, it's still up in the air a little bit, but fire is looking to win so far.
Deep...
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